diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d736513ae8..9672527e22 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Tell git what files are txt
 *.py  text diff=python
-*.pyj  text diff=python
+*.pyj  text diff=python linguist-language=python
 *.recipe  text diff=python linguist-language=python
 *.coffee  text
 *.js      text